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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 461647" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>I've got an almost-easy child with ADD - inattentive type. Yes, it <u>can</u> stand alone. Literally - it is the only source and the only logical explanation for her "issues". Without medications, her brain "slows down" and she's pretty much lost in some other world. medications - standard Ritalin-family stuff - and she's pulling top marks in school, excelling in music, active in sports... but medications don't solve "ADD-think" for anybody - the tendency to see the alternative meanings in things!</p><p></p><p>BUT... Given that 50% of all kids with ADHD also have Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)... and there is proven co-morbidity between ADHD and a range of other issues including all of the classical learning disabilities... obviously, well over half of all ADHD people have other issues too.</p><p></p><p>Having said that... ADHD is one of the most mis-diagnosed dxes out there. There are probably as many kids who should have the diagnosis and don't get it, as there are kids who are diagnosed as ADHD and should really have another diagnosis - the most common one on that front that I know of, is stuff related to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).</p><p></p><p>My first psychiatrist who did my diagnosis with ADHD (PhD prof working out of children's hospital.) said that anyone who was not responsive to stims given for an ADHD diagnosis, probably doesn't have ADHD.... In his opinion, ADHD always responds positively to stims; but sometimes the side-effects mean they need to go to a non-stimulant medication. Stims making the kid worse? Probably NOT a true ADHD diagnosis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 461647, member: 11791"] I've got an almost-easy child with ADD - inattentive type. Yes, it [U]can[/U] stand alone. Literally - it is the only source and the only logical explanation for her "issues". Without medications, her brain "slows down" and she's pretty much lost in some other world. medications - standard Ritalin-family stuff - and she's pulling top marks in school, excelling in music, active in sports... but medications don't solve "ADD-think" for anybody - the tendency to see the alternative meanings in things! BUT... Given that 50% of all kids with ADHD also have Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)... and there is proven co-morbidity between ADHD and a range of other issues including all of the classical learning disabilities... obviously, well over half of all ADHD people have other issues too. Having said that... ADHD is one of the most mis-diagnosed dxes out there. There are probably as many kids who should have the diagnosis and don't get it, as there are kids who are diagnosed as ADHD and should really have another diagnosis - the most common one on that front that I know of, is stuff related to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). My first psychiatrist who did my diagnosis with ADHD (PhD prof working out of children's hospital.) said that anyone who was not responsive to stims given for an ADHD diagnosis, probably doesn't have ADHD.... In his opinion, ADHD always responds positively to stims; but sometimes the side-effects mean they need to go to a non-stimulant medication. Stims making the kid worse? Probably NOT a true ADHD diagnosis. [/QUOTE]
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